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to read aloud; to read to someone

1

naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank

1

golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured

1

awesome; the best

1

source of power

6

sabotage; subversive activities

4

let's see what you've got; show me what you've got

1

empress; empress dowager

1

commuting to work

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taxi

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driver; chauffeur

1

ferry

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to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working

1

henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle

1

playing a part in one's own play, film, etc.; directing one's own play, film, etc.

1

(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

1

act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct

3

external use

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orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing

1

vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

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to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

2

morgue

1

therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason

1

terrorist

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long ago; previous; of a former age

1

rampage; ruckus; bout of wild behavior

1

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

1

air vent

1

mysterious thief; phantom thief

1

editing; compilation

2

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

1

power; motive power; three-phase electricity

4

to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

1

first-aid (treatment)

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

1

disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence

1

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

neck of a horse

1

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

1

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

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with a snap; (breaking) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well

1

irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

to be completely still

3

to emit smoke

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gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

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zombie

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1